Example sentences of "they [vb past] been [v-ing] together [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been living together for many years . |
| 2 | They had been living together across the colour bar for the best part of 30 years . |
| 3 | ‘ She said she had known for some time that she and Fabien could not remain at La Tour Monchauzet after their marriage — that they had been talking together about moving away — of going , perhaps , as far as Australia or California and starting a totally new life . |
| 4 | One afternoon , after they had been travelling together for several days , Cleo ordered Dauntless to pull Contralto to a halt . |
| 5 | Covertly , leaning far back in his chair , he watched McQuaid from under hooded eyelids : in all the years they had been coming together on Monaghan Day McQuaid had always spent the night in the house . |
| 6 | They had been sitting together at the top of their organisations throughout the years of cut-backs . |